Salve comrades. I registered as Tiberia Salvia Albina because there was no cognomen "Alba", but "Alba" is my roman cognomen for many years, from Nova Roma, seven years I think. Can Censores change my cognomen "Albina" to "Alba"?

Tiberia Salvia Alba wrote:Salve comrades. I registered as Tiberia Salvia Albina because there was no cognomen "Alba", but "Alba" is my roman cognomen for many years, from Nova Roma, seven years I think. Can Censores change my cognomen "Albina" to "Alba"?

Brutus Cen Sal.

Our current policy is to only approve cognomen which we have evidence of use between 700s BCE and 350 CE. If you provide such a reference the cognomen can be happily changed.

I understand the desire to reconcile NR names with the new reality here in the Respublica. I too had a different name in NR.

This said the nomenclature in NR left some to be desired. By enforcing a standard of names being historical between the founding of Rome to 350CE we are ensuring that 10 years from now we preserve the tradition of our ancestors basic naming system. If we don't follow a standard then why not just allow any name or use Russian, Czech, or English names? The point behind the name was as a form of Roman cultural expression.

The good news is that almost all names that have been requested are historical but just not in the system. We can easily add such names. We added many names from many historical sources when designing the system. But we certainly do not have all. We are only human and have limited time to research this important and interesting topic. For this, our citizens can help with our research. A good source for cognomina research is "A study of the cognomina of soldiers in the Roman legions" by Dean, Lindley Richard.

I. I will make sure all ballot links are posted here in the main forum.

II. I will work with the quaestores to compile an email list for ballots can also be sent out again 1/2 way through an election period. The current system does not allow this, so it would need to occur manually, thus the need for an email list.

III. I will speak with Quaestor Laenas who designed the election system to check it over and see if he can identify the reason for the issue if the problem exists on our end.